Passage Discussion

[romance_is_all]

1. A brief summary of current treatment of a legal dispute: Native Americans fighting against displaying ancestral skeletal remains. Lots of details. A main point is stated, in cases where standing can be established, common law provides an answer.
2. example 1. property law provides protections.
3. example 2. Courts' recognition of the concept of communal property provides protections.

[ohthatpatrick]

Nice work! The most important observation we can make in reading this passage is probably seeing the "for example" in line 28.

That tips us off that line 24-27 is the main thesis to be supported, the Most Valuable Sentence. It makes a general claim about common law, which P2 and P3 flesh out with examples, and it ties in the discussion of "factors affecting standing" that dominated P1.

There's not really a scale to this passage; it's essentially an appraisal of the current legal situation for Native Americans seeking to protect or reclaim ancestral remains and burial items.

I think your passage map was great, accurate, and completely functional.

I'll put my own version here, for what it's worth.

Background on the topic, ending with Thesis - factors affecting Native American plaintiffs trying to achieve standing in disinternment cases / Main point: common law can help if standing achieved

Property law example - Charrier v. Bell, "finder's keepers" doesn't apply to items in graves

Communal property example - Individual tribe members don't have right to sell communal property, so titles to property may be invalid